Window-shade bracket



H. W. SMITH. WINDOW SHADE BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 11, 1919.

1,341,025, Pz itented May 25,1920.

5 ATTORNEY.

OFFICE.

HERBERT W. SMITH, OF COQN RAPIDS, IOWA.

WINDOW-SI-IADE BRACKET.

Application filed Qctober 11, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT W. SMITH, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and resident of Coon Rapids, Carroll county, Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Window-Shade Bracket, of which the followingis a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for supportingshade rollers and curtain poles on and relative to a window frame.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improvedconstruction for a shade or curtain bracket adapted to be re movably,replaceably and adj ustably mounted in a window frame without the use ofscrews, nails or other attaching media.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means foradjusting a shade or curtain bracket to different windows havingelements differently spaced apart.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims andillustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a frontelevation and Fig. 2 an end elevation of my improved bracket detachedand in the original shape before application to a window frame. Fig. 31s a horizontal section through a portion of a window frame,illustrating one of my improved brackets in position for practical use,said bracket being shown in plan view.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral 10 designates anengaging member formed of a single length of spring wire or similarmaterial, and bent at its center to form a spring coil 11. From the coil11 the material is bent outwardly on diverging lines and thence upwardlyto form upstanding engaging arms 12, 13, which terminate in downturnedloops or eyes 1 1, 15, respectively. A supporting bar 16 is formed withan eye 17 at one end pivotally engaging one of the eyes 14:, 15 of theengaging member, and said bar preferably is formed of mild steel so thatit may be bent, manipulated and arranged as desired. A clip of generallyL-shape is provided and is formed of bar metal of approximately the samewidth and thickness as the bar 16. One leg 18 of the clip overlies thesupporting bar 16 and is slidably secured thereto by means of a loop 19fric'tionally engaging but movable Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Serial No. 329,894.

longitudinallyon said bar. The other leg 20 of the clip extendsoutwardly substantially at right angles and then is recurved to form aterminal portion 21 spaced from and substantially parallel with saidoutstanding leg 20. The terminal portion 21 ends in an eye 22 near theangle between the legs 18 and 20 of the clip. A curtain pole hook orsupport 23 is provided and is formed of a length of wire having adownwardly extending end portion engaged within and supported by the eye22, a horizontal portion above and preferably extending beyond therecurved portion 21 of the clip, and an upstanding stud 24 adapted toreceive the hole commonly provided in and near the end of a curtainpole, by means of which the pole and curtain may be supported.

In use the device is mounted in pairs, one on either side of a window,the engaging member 10 of each device being located in a groove betweena stop 25 and parting head 26 of a window frame and preferably above thelower sash 2'7 employed in said frame and mounted for vertical slidingmovement in said groove. The arms 12, 13 engage frictionally the opposedinner faces of the stop 25 and bead 26 and are held in such position bythe spring coil 11. The device may be adjusted to fit windows havinggrooves of varying widths, by bending manually the material to adjustthe angularity of the portions extending from the coil 11, therebyapproximating or spreading the arms 12, 13. The engaging member isarranged so that the supporting bar .16 extends outwardly from thewindow across the inner face of the stop 25, and then the bar 16 is bentintermediate of its ends, substantially at right angles and adjacent theouter corner of the stop 25, so that the remaining portion of said arm,carrying the clip, is arranged approximately parallel with, close to andin front of the inner window frame member. This is done for each of thebracket devices, and in each instance the clips are adjusted lonitudinally of the bar 16 to separate them the desired distance toaccommodate the shades or curtain poles to be supported. One of theclips has its outwardly extending leg 20 formed with, a hole 28, and theother with an upwardly opening notch (not shown) of common form, bymeans of which ends of a shade roller may be supported; and the curtainpole may be carried by the studs 24, so that the curtain is supportedslightly in front of the shade.

The brackets may be located at any desired altitude within the length ofthe groove above the lower sash 27. Either bracket may be released fromthe frame by manually contracting the arms 12, 13 against the pressureof the spring coil 11.

I claim as my inventionl; A window shade bracket, comprising engagingarms arranged substantially parallel, atensionspring device connectingsaid arms, a bar pivoted to one of said arms, a clip carried by saidbar, and curtain pole engaging means on said clip. 1

2. A window shade bracket, comprising ,7 engaging arms arrangedsubstantially parallel, a tension spring device connecting said arms, asupporting bar pivoted toone of said arms, and a clip slidably mountedon said bar, said clip being provided with shade and curtain holdingdevices.

3. A window shade bracket, comprising engaging arms arrangedsubstantially parallel, a tension spring device connecting said arms, asupporting bar pivoted to one of said arms, said bar being adapted to bebent and adjusted on an axis parallel with its pivot, and shade andcurtain supporting means carried by said bar.

4. A window shade bracket, comprising a one-piece engaging member formedwith a spring coil and spaced arms rising therefrom,.a supporting barsecured at one end to one of said arms. a clip slidably mounted on saidbar, and shade and curtain holding devices carried-by said clip.

5. A window shade bracket, comprising a one-piece engaging member formedwith an adjustable spring coil and spaced arm's rising therefrom, asupporting bar secured at one end to one of said arms, and a clipslidably mounted on said bar, said clip being formed with shade andcurtain holding means.

6. A window shade bracket, comprising a one-piece engaging member formedwith a spring coil and spaced arms on opposite sides thereof, asupporting bar secured to one of said arms, a clip slidably mounted onsaid bar, and an upstanding stud carried by-said clip. I I

7. A window shade bracket, comprising porting barsecured at one end toone of said arms, an L-shaped clip having one leg overlapping andslidably secured to said bar, the other leg of said clip extendinoutwardly, and an upstanding stud carried by the outwardly extending legof said clip,

said outwardly extending leg also being formed with means for supportingone end of a shade roller.

Signed at Coon Rapids, in the county of Carroll and State of Iowa, this20 day of September, 1919.

HERBERT W. SMITIL,

